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Posted on Oct 3, 2016

Navy scuttles sailors' enlisted rating titles in huge career shake-up

LT Pete Rivera (FMF)

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Ends decades of Maritime tradition. Everyone out side of the Naval Service loves it. This action also eliminated the only enlisted Corps of the Navy, Hospital Corpsmen. I guess they will go to rating badges like the Air Force.

Navy scuttles sailors' enlisted rating titles in huge career shake-up

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LCDR (Join to see)

Posted >1 y ago

Hospital Corpsmen will still be referred to as "Doc"

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CPO Larry Cox

Posted >1 y ago

Such BS!!! Talk about tradition killing in the name of political correctness!!! In a Corpsman, and always will be!!

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PO2 Danetta Troisi

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My sentiments, exactly.

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PO1 Roy Stone

>1 y

What are they going to call Us

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PO3 David Fries

Posted >1 y ago

I have never really been happy to be out until this announcement came along.

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Navy scuttles sailors' enlisted rating titles in huge career shake-up

Navy scuttles sailors' enlisted rating titles in huge career shake-up

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